Five 10-minute curated insights in a private podcast to help you face CEO pressures. Then, each Wednesday, The Leadership Letter delivers one piece of clear, honest thinking from someone who has spent 20 years in the seat you're sitting in. Practical enough to use. Human enough to matter.
Why CEOs delay an executive exit
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THE WEEKENDER · 18 MIN LISTEN Welcome to the second Weekender! Each weekend I’ll send you one episode picked to help with something leaders are working through right now. It takes about as long as a coffee or a walk, and you can switch it off any time at the bottom of this email. Who is the senior leader you've known needs to leave for three months and what's really stopping you from acting on that instinct? For many CEOs, the hardest part of a senior executive departure isn't the conversation, it's the gap they expect to open the next day. In this episode, we'll walk through:
This episode will you design the 90 days after a senior exit so the uncertainty about what follows no longer hinders you for acting and leading because you already have enough on your plate.
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The Leadership Letter with Phil Hayes-St Clair
Five 10-minute curated insights in a private podcast to help you face CEO pressures. Then, each Wednesday, The Leadership Letter delivers one piece of clear, honest thinking from someone who has spent 20 years in the seat you're sitting in. Practical enough to use. Human enough to matter.
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